Mount Chephren
{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Chephren
| photo = Mt Chephren.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Chephren and Waterfowl Lake seen from the Icefields Parkway
| elevation_m = 3266
| elevation_ref = {{rp|306}}{{efn|Other sources give 3307 m and 3274 m}}
| prominence_m = 443
| prominence_ref={{cite bivouac|id=1704|name=Mount Chephren|access-date=2013-05-18}}{{efn|Based on a summit elevation of 3274 m}}
| range = Waputik Mountains
| parent_peak = Howse Peak (3295 m)
| listing = Mountains of Alberta
| location = Alberta, Canada
| map = Canada Alberta
| map_caption = Location in Alberta
| map_size = 225
| label_position = left
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Chephren
| coordinates = {{coord|51|50|25|N|116|40|59|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAMIL|name=Mount Chephren|access-date=2013-05-18}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|15}}
| rock = Quartzite, Limestone, Dolomite{{rp|306}}
| first_ascent = 1913 by J.W.A. Hickson, guided by Edward Feuz jr.{{cite peakfinder|id=252|name=Mount Chephren|access-date=2003-11-08}}
| easiest_route = Scramble (difficult) on south face
}}
Mount Chephren is a mountain located in the Mistaya River Valley of Banff National Park, Canada.
Mount Chephren was named after Chephren, the 4th Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh. The mountain was originally named Pyramid Mountain in 1897 by J. Norman Collie, but it conflicted with an identically named peak in Jasper National Park, so it was renamed in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada to its present name.
Routes
=Scramble=
Mount Chephren is rated a difficult scramble on the south face due to its steep upper slopes with possible snow and ice difficulties. Considerable snow on the route would likely require crampons and an ice axe, thereby pushing the climb into the realm of technical mountaineering. The best conditions for scrambling would normally be late July and August.
The trail head is located at the west end of the Waterfowl Lakes campground off the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. The elevation gain from the trail head to the summit is {{convert|1630|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.
=Technical=
Geology
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Chephren is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.{{Belyea-Banff-NP}} Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Chephren is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}} Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
Gallery
File:Canada 35 bg 061904.jpg|Mount Chephren and Waterfowl Lake seen from the Icefields Parkway
References
{{reflist|refs=
{{cite book | title=Selected Alpine Climbs in the Canadian Rockies | last=Dougherty|first=Sean
| publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|year=1991|isbn=9780921102144|page=174}}
{{cite book|title=Canadian Rockies Geology Road Tours|first=Ben|last=Gadd|year=2008|publisher=Corax Press|location=Jasper, AB|isbn=978-0-9692631-2-8}}{{rp|78}}
{{cite map | title = Bow Lake and Saskatchewan Crossing | year = 1995
| url = https://gemtrek.com/product/bow-lake-map/ | access-date = 2021-06-13
| publisher = Gem Trek Publishing | location = Cochrane, AB | isbn = 1-895526-10-8}}
{{cite book | title=Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies | last=Kane|first=Alan
| publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location=Calgary|year=1999|isbn=0-921102-67-4|pages=300–301}}
{{cite web | url = http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique.php?id=IAMIL&output=xml | title = Official naming date
| publisher = Natural Resources Canada | access-date = 2019-05-07}}
{{cite peakbagger|pid=4501|name=Mount Chephren|access-date=2021-06-13}}
}}
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Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta